French River (Massachusetts)

42°01′27″N 71°53′03″W﻿ / ﻿42.0243°N 71.8841°W﻿ / 42.0243; -71.8841

River in Massachusetts and Connecticut, United States

French River and environs French River south of West Main Street, Hodges Village, Oxford, Massachusetts

The French River is a river in south-central Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut, USA.

The river rises near Leicester, Massachusetts, and flows generally southwards through Auburn, Oxford, and along the town line between Webster and Dudley; it then enters Connecticut where it joins the Quinebaug River at Thompson, just northeast of Putnam. The Quinebaug in turn flows into the Shetucket River and ultimately the Thames River to empty into the Long Island Sound.

The river's total length is 25.3 miles (40.7 km), of which 18.8 miles (30.3 km) are in Massachusetts.[1] It drains a watershed area of about 95 square miles (250 km2), containing 67 lakes and ponds, 38 of which cover at least 10 acres (4.0 ha). Only one lake in its basin is larger than 500 acres (200 ha), namely Lake Chaubunagungamaug (Webster Lake) in Webster, Massachusetts at 1,195 acres (484 ha).

French River was so named from a settlement of French Protestants in Oxford.[2]

## See also

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* List of rivers of Connecticut
* List of rivers of Massachusetts

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
2. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 132.

## Further reading

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* USGS French River Basin
* Massachusetts Executive Department of Environmental Affairs

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Rivers of Connecticut by drainage system

Long Island Sound|

| Black Rock Harbor|

* Ash Creek
* Rooster River

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Bridgeport Harbor|

* Pequonnock River

Connecticut River Watershed|

* Blackledge River
* Coginchaug River
* Connecticut River
* Duck River
* Eightmile River
* Falls River
* Farmington River
* Hockanum River
* Hubbard River
* Jeremy River
* Lieutenant River
* Mattabesset River
* Nepaug River
* Pameacha Creek
* Park River
* Pequabuck River
* Podunk River
* Salmon River
* Scantic River

Housatonic River Watershed|

* Blackberry River
* East Aspetuck River
* Housatonic River
* Konkapot River
* Mad River
* Naugatuck River
* Pomperaug River
* Rocky River
* Schenob Brook
* Shepaug River
* Still River
* Ten Mile River
* Whiting River

Little Narragansett Bay
(Pawcatuck River Watershed)|

* Ashaway River
* Green Fall River
* Pawcatuck River
* Shunock River
* Wood River

Milford Harbor|

* Wepawaug River

New Haven Harbor|

* Mill River
* Quinnipiac River
* West River

Norwalk Harbor
(Norwalk River Watershed)|

* Norwalk River
* Silvermine River

Saugatuck River Watershed|

* Aspetuck River
* Saugatuck River

Thames River Watershed|

* Basset Brook
* Beaver Brook
* Bigelow Brook
* Fenton River
* Fishers Brook
* Five Mile River
* French River
* Hop River
* Little River
* Merrick Brook
* Moosup River
* Mount Hope River
* Natchaug River
* Oxoboxo River
* Pachaug River
* Quinebaug River
* Shetucket River
* Thames River
* Willimantic River
* Yantic River

Others|

* Black Hall River
* Byram River
* Cove River
* Farm River
* Hammonasset River
* Indian River
* Mianus River
* Mill River (Fairfield)
* Mystic River
* Niantic River
* Noroton River
* Oyster River
* Rippowam River

Upper New York Bay|

| Hudson River Watershed|

* Titicus River

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Rivers of Massachusetts by drainage system

Atlantic Ocean|

| Buzzards Bay|

* Acushnet River
* Agawam River
* Back River
* Copicut River
* Crooked River
* Mattapoisett River
* Nasketucket River
* Paskamanset River
* Pocasset River
* Sippican River
* Slocums River
* Wankinco River
* Westport River
* Weweantic River

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Nantucket Sound|

* Bass River
* Bumps River
* Childs River
* Coonamesset River
* Mashpee River
* Mitchell River
* Oyster Pond River
* Popponesset Creek
* Quashnet River
* Santuit River

Others|

* Tiasquam River

Gulf of Maine|

| Cape Cod Bay|

* Bluefish River
* Eel River
* Herring River
* Jones River
* Little Pamet River
* Pamet River
* Town Brook

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Massachusetts Bay|

* Aberjona River
* Alewife Brook
* Canton River
* Charles River
* Chelsea Creek
* Cochato River
* Fore River
* Fresh River
* Indian Head River
* Malden River
* Millers River
* Monatiquot River
* Muddy River
* Mystic River
* Neponset River
* North River
* Saugus River
* Stony Brook (Boston)
* Stony Brook (Waltham)
* Stop River
* Weir River
* Weymouth Back River

Merrimack River Watershed|

* Artichoke River
* Assabet River
* Back River
* Beaver Brook
* Cochichewick River
* Concord River
* Little River
* Merrimack River
* Nashua River
* Nissitissit River
* North Nashua River
* Phillips Brook
* Powwow River
* Quinapoxet River
* Salmon Brook
* Shawsheen River
* Souhegan River
* South Branch Souhegan River
* South Nashua River
* Spicket River
* Squannacook River
* Stillwater River
* Sudbury River
* Trout Brook
* Vine Brook
* Whitman River

Others|

* Annisquam River
* Blackwater River
* Eagle Hill River
* Egypt River
* Ipswich River
* Jericho Creek
* Roger Island River
* Rowley River
* Skug River

Long Island Sound|

| Connecticut River Watershed|

* Burnshirt River
* Chapel Brook
* Chicopee River
* Connecticut River
* Cranberry River
* Deerfield River
* East Brookfield River
* Farmington River
* Fall River
* Five Mile River
* Green River
* Hubbard River
* Manhan River
* Mill River (Northampton)
* Mill River (Springfield)
* Millers River
* Mirey Brook
* North Branch Millers River
* North Branch Westfield River
* North River
* Otter River
* Quaboag River
* Scantic River
* Seven Mile River
* Tarbell Brook
* Ware River
* Westfield River

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Housatonic River Watershed|

* Housatonic River
* Konkapot River
* Schenob Brook
* Umpachene River

Thames River Watershed|

* French River
* Quinebaug River

Narragansett Bay|

| Mount Hope Bay
(Taunton River Watershed)|

* Assonet River
* Canoe River
* Cedar Swamp River
* Cocasset River
* Cotley River
* Forge River
* Hockomock River
* Matfield River
* Mill River
* Nemasket River
* Poor Meadow Brook
* Quequechan River
* Rumford River
* Salisbury Plain River
* Satucket River
* Segreganset River
* Shumatuscacant River
* Snake River
* Taunton River
* Three Mile River
* Town River
* Wading River
* Winnetuxet River

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Providence River Watershed|

* Abbott Run
* Blackstone River
* Bungay River
* Chockalog River
* Mill River
* Mumford River
* Peters River
* Quinsigamond River
* Sevenmile River
* Tannery River
* Ten Mile River
* West River
* Wilde River

Others|

* Barrington River
* Cole River
* Coles Brook
* Kickemuit River
* Lees River
* Palmer River
* Runnins River

Upper New York Bay|

| Hudson River Watershed|

* Hoosic River
* Kinderhook Creek

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Thames River Watershed

Tributaries|

| Connecticut|

* Basset Brook
* Beaver Brook
* Bigelow Brook
* Fenton River
* Fishers Brook
* Five Mile River
* French River
* Hop River
* Little River
* Merrick Brook
* Moosup River
* Mount Hope River
* Natchaug River
* Oxoboxo River
* Pachaug River
* Quinebaug River
* Shetucket River
* Thames River
* Willimantic River
* Yantic River

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Massachusetts|

* French River
* Quinebaug River

Lakes|

| Connecticut|

* Ashford Lake
* Gardner Lake
* Killingly Pond
* Lake Chaffee
* Mansfield Hollow Lake
* Mashapaug Lake
* Quaddick Reservoir
* West Thompson Lake

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